Optical Fiber Dispenser.

Abstract

A dispenser for feeding an optical glass fiber from a missile to provide a communication link from the missile to the ground; the dispenser includes a supply of optical fiber and a source of pressurized gas mounted in a housing having an orifice through which the optical fiber is fed and the gas exhausted during the feeding of the optical fiber from the missile. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 19, 1980
Accession Number
ADD007588

Entities

People

  • John B. Arpin
  • Sam Di Vita

Organizations

  • United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Dispensers
  • Fibers
  • Glass
  • Glass Fibers
  • Optical Fibers
  • Optical Glass

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Optical Fiber Sensing and Electromagnetic Propagation.